Flow cytometry was used to determine the daunomycin content of rat bone marrow cells after incubation in vitro. The spontaneous fluorescence of daunomycin was measured upon excitation with laser light at 488 nm. Forward and perpendicular light scatters of the cells were simultaneously measured to allow identification of granulocytic and lymphocytic subpopulations. A linear relationship was foun...

Flow cytometry was used to determine the daunomycin con tent of rat bone marrow cells after incubation in vitro. The spontaneous fluorescence of daunomycin was measured upon excitation with laser light at 488 nm. Forward and perpendicular light scatters of the cells were simultaneously measured to allow identification of granulocytic and lymphocytic subpopulations. A linear relationship was fou...

Purpose We investigated whether fundus autofluorescence (FAF) lifetimes in patients with retinitis pigmentosa display a disease-specific lifetime pattern. Methods Fundus autofluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO) was performed in two spectral channels (498-560 and 560-720 nm) after excitation with a 473 nm pulsed laser in patients with retinitis pigmentosa and compared to healthy...

OBJECTIVE In addition to cochleotoxicity, systemic aminoglycoside pharmacotherapy causes vestibulotoxicity resulting in imbalance and visual dysfunction. The underlying trafficking routes of systemically-administered aminoglycosides from the vasculature to the vestibular sensory hair cells are largely unknown. We investigated the trafficking of systemically-administered gentamicin into the peri...

Large phase II trials of fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy using a fiber optic probe in the screening and diagnostic settings for detecting cervical neoplasia have been conducted. We present accrual and histopathology data, instrumentation, data processing, and the preliminary results of interdevice consistencies throughout the progression of a trial. Patients were recruited for either ...

The near infrared (NIR) fluorescence enhancement by local surface plasmon resonanoce from arrayed gold (Au) nanoblocks was investigated by NIR fluorescent dyes, IR780, immobilized in hydrophobic DNA thin film on glass substrates, to clarify the gap mode effect on the fluorescence enhancement. In the substrate with Dimer type Au nanoblock arrangement, average total fluorescence intensity was lar...

The fluorescent intensity of Cy3 and Cy5 dyes is strongly dependent on the nucleobase sequence of the labeled oligonucleotides. Sequence-dependent fluorescence may significantly influence the data obtained from many common experimental methods based on fluorescence detection of nucleic acids, such as sequencing, PCR, FRET, and FISH. To quantify sequence dependent fluorescence, we have measured ...

the interactions of β-lactoglobulin ab in the presence of cationic surfactants such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and cetyltrimethylammonium p-toluenesulfonate have been investigated using a variety of experimental techniques such as conductivity, uv-vis spectrophotometry and fluorimetry. the conductivity of surfactants aqueous solutions with β-lactoglobulin shows that the cmc of cationic s...

OBJECTIVES This prospective randomized study investigated platelet-induced upregulation of Mac-1 on monocytes and its inhibition by glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa blockage in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). BACKGROUND In experimental AMI, Mac-1 on leukocytes is the pivotal adhesion molecule for detrimental inflammatory responses. In vitro, platelet adhesion to monocytes upregulat...